ZION B-BC NEWSLETTER. [ A Publication of the Zion Faith Bible-Believing Church, Kpeyegyi, Abuja Nigeria. ] { VOL. 2. NO 72. 28-12-14.} “…ONLY The Truth, Will Set You Free! (John.8:32). 2014 - End of Year State of the Nation. THE HALL OF SHAME SHOULD NAME AND SHAME ALL CORRUPT NIGERIAN POLITICIANS! Historians and political analysts who engage in proffering peace to war and conflict issues are in agreement that neither Christianity nor Islam preaches religious violence to its adherents either by inference or by indirect encouragement but failed to establish that there is a very thin line between religious and political violence because those who perpetrate violence are members of one religious group or another! *Christians are motivated to get involved in articulate politicking because the Word of God encourages it as follows: *First, the Lord Jesus Christ is the “Child that is born” and the, “Son that is given”, on whom, “the government”, (of the world), shall be upon His shoulder and, “The Prince of Peace,” whom, “the increase of His government and peace, there shall be no end,” as documented in Isaiah 9:6-7. *Second, the Lord also commands, “occupy till I come,” [Luke.19:13; compare verses 14-25, meaning, engage in the business of commerce till I come; after all, politics is all about economics in truth; – or is there any government that does not stand on the TRIPOD manifesto of providing the enabling environment for citizens to enjoy the basic necessities of life – food, raiment and shelter, in peace and tranquillity? *Most of our daily activities are guided by Economics, which is the first point of call of every government, because all vocations, farming, oil exploration or exploitation, natural minerals excavation, textiles, automobile industry, transportation, marketing of various finished products, commodities, importation and exportation, need the deliberate and sustained effort of a righteous government to initiate and organize, to successfully create wealth for governance and for the citizens! *From creation, the individual, the organised labour groups and human governments, in their day-to-day endeavours, come under the scope of ECONOMICS, the science which studies human behaviour as a relationship between ends and scarce means which have alternative uses! *Third, in attention to their calling, Christians are exhorted to manifest with grace the different gifts: (a) “Of prophecy, let us prophesy with the proportion of faith; (b) “Of ministry, to wait on our ministering; (c) “He that teacheth, on teaching; (d) “Or he that exhorteth, on exhortation; (e) “He that giveth, let him do it with simplicity; (f) “He that ruleth, with diligence and, (g) “He that showeth mercy, with cheerfulness. [Romans.12:6-8]. “Now ye are the body of Christ and members in particular. “And God hath set some in the church, first apostles, secondarily, prophets, thirdly, teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, diversities of tongues. “Are all apostles? ..are all prophets? ..are all teachers? ..are all workers of miracles? “Have all the gifts of healing? ..do all speak with tongues ..do all interpret? “But covet earnestly, the best gifts: and yet shew I unto you a more excellent way.” [1Corinthians.12:27-31]. *Christians are known to be wonderful event organizers but when it comes to partisan politics, they become ISOLATIONISTIC and assume PIETISM and with such attitude, allow undue, unmerited and unearned opportunities to the uncouth, semi-illiterates, the criminally-minded, ex-convicts, drug barons, oil thieves, money launderers, human traffickers, charlatans, religious and racial bigots, to hold sway in government and governance in most under-developed nations of the world! *According to that biblical parable in Luke.19:13-25, politics is serious business, which every serious Christian must endeavour to participate in because it would tantamount to an era of modern enslavement of the citizens under barbaric neo-colonialist rulers, if a Christian like the wicked servant, bury his/her “POUND IN A NAPKIN”! *Like we mentioned in the opening paragraph, there is a very thin line between RELIGIOUS AND POLITICAL VIOLENCE and therefore, great care must always be taken by religious and political leaders to PREACH THE PEACE MESSAGE to their adherents at all times! *To most average Muslims for instance, the two institutions (Religion and Politics), are one and the same thing because of the political homogeneity that pervades the Islamic Faith as a result of the religious unity to which they have been accustomed since the very popular Jihad movement of USMAN DAN FODIO in the 19 Century. Alhaji Dan Fodio was a scholar, teacher and preacher of no mean order who influenced that Islamic Faith and Laws should be practiced faithfully by those who profess the faith with the aid of SHARIA, the Muslim Law-Book. *Jihad in Islam means, a holy war, usually declared on pagans and idol worshippers of that period who refused to practice THE PURE ISLAMIC FAITH AS ENSHRINED IN THE HOLY QUR’AN. Between the18th and 19 Centuries, Jihad took place in the Sudan, Middle East and some parts of Northern Nigeria, where several cities, towns and districts came under religious leaders, who introduced Islamic laws into governance and the character of Jihad also assumed a political dimension! *All politicians are religious people and they are duty-bound to ensure undisrupted peace and serenity in the polity at all times. * Why should Nigerian Christians avoid politics like it were an infectious plague while their Muslim brethren embrace same with great passion? The answer is very clear in view of previous exposition in respect of ignorance and fear of most of most Christians, who believe that politics in African countries, especially in Nigeria is very dirty, filthy, risky, murky, dangerous and practiced by indecent people of questionable characters! *We have had some of our Muslim brethren boast that Northern Nigeria would always dictate the political, tempo in this country and we can vehemently affirm that they could be very correct , if God so permits! Do we need remind ourselves that politics is a game of numbers? Let us check the statistics: *Except for late General Aguiyi-Ironsi and Retired General Olusegun Obasanjo, who took over from late General Murtala Mohammed, all former Heads of State and Presidents, during the Military and Democratic governance in Nigeria, were of the Northern extraction, including late Umaru Musa Yar’Ardua (2007-2010) *The second- coming of Chief Obasanjo as a civilian and the victory of Goodluck Ebele Jonathan at the pools in 2011, was majorly sponsored and overwhelmingly supported by the Northern electorate through the grace of God! Now the stage is set for yet another General Elections in 2015, between the two major political parties, APC and PDP and by implication, between the North and the South! *HOW DID THE NIGERIAN NATION FARE, POLITICALLY, SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY IN 2014? (1)The unabated state of insecurity of the nation due to the Boko Haram terrorism in the last FIVE YEARS, has naturally taken the front burner! It is believed that over half a million lives have been lost! *Statistics of Internally Displaced Persons [IDPs] have risen astronomically to about 5.1 million across all the Northern States and Abuja! (2) 2014 began with the illegal Peoples Democratic Party (PDP’s), Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF), flexing political muscles against Bamanga Tukur, the party’s Chairman whom they eventually forced to resign on 15 January! He was replaced on 20 January by Ahmed Muazu, former Governor of Bauchi State. (3)Government dirty deals within the Oil Sector were exposed by an EXECUTIVE WHISTLE BLOWER of no mean personality – Sanusi Lamido Sanusi - the erstwhile Governor of the Central Bank and now the 14 Emir of the ancient city of Kano, who disclosed that a total sum of $48.9billion US dollars was either missing or unremitted by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), to the Federation Account! At the end of the uproar which ensued, both Sanusi and the Finance Minister, agreed that the actual amount missing was $20billion, which President Jonathan promised to fish out! As at today 28 December, 2014, the probe panel set up by government to unravel the mysterious disappearance of the said $20billion, is yet to submit its report! (4) 2014 will also go down in annals of history as a profound year for OPEN LETTERS! Former President Obasanjo published an Open Letter which castigated President Jonathan’s administration as the most corrupt and inept kind that ever governed Nigeria. (5) Jonathan in his Open Letter denied all allegations and labelled Obasanjo as a LIAR! (6) Iyabo Obasanjo, former first daughter, in yet another Open Letter described her father as the worst in the universe and several other open letters were published by politicians against themselves or the system until the idea lost its flavour! (7)Party defections became a cross-country athletic event as politicians had a field day without INEC giving any RED CARD to competitors! (8) FOUR controversial defectors caught the attention of the Editorial Board namely: *Mr. Peter Obi, former Governor of Anambra State, who, on retirement after eight years in office jumped ship into PDP – without followers and has become a liability to himself and his new romance! *Olusegun Mimiko, the only sitting Governor of Ondo State of the Labour Party, moved with his cabinet into PDP and has created a rift between loyal PDP members of the State and the defectors! *Ali Modu Sherif, two-term Governor of Bornu State, recently fingered as one of the sponsors of Boko Haram insurgency, also jumped ship to PDP! *Honourable Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, did the impossible – he did not just jump ship from PDP to All Progressive Congress (APC), but also maintained his position as Speaker in spite all fire power of the presidency! (9) Also generating controversies in this out-going year are the manipulated and acrimonious party primaries which cut across board among all political parties and are giving both the Judges and INEC sleepless nights! (10) In the middle of the year, 14 June, the opposition party APC announced the appointment of its Chairman Chief John Odigie Oyegun, a former Edo State Governor, through consensus, despite opposition from Chief Tom Ikimi, also from the same State, who desperately wanted the position for himself – he later defected to the PDP! (11) The year also witnessed an avalanche of protests against the deployment of Federal Government Security Agents to harass and intimidate the supposed political enemies of President Jonathan! (12) All economic mathematics of Finance Minister in respect of Highest GDP and buoyant Nigerian economy have crashed like a pack of cards as the year runs out from September when global oil price fell from $100 US dollars to $55 and all economic permutations in respect of th2015 Annual Budget also crumbled! *In spite of this calamity, the Finance Minister went ahead to predicate the 2015 Budget Benchmark Oil Price at $65US dollars, by projecting that global oil prices would pick up in the new year! *Much as we do not quarrel with her optimism, we need to emphasize that the nation’s fiscal position, is now more precarious with this ambitious position in the face of sluggish global demand for crude oil. (13) Although the 2015 General Elections are only one-and-a-half months away, millions of ELECTORATE MAY BE DISENFRANCHISED BECAUSE THEY ARE YET TO COLLECT THEIR PERMANENT VOTERS CARDS (PVCs), across the nation! (14) A new Executive whistle blower emerged shortly before Christmas, in the person of Governor Adams Oshiomole of Edo, who disclosed to the world that, $30 billion US dollars Excess Crude Oil , money is missing from the illegal account which is alien to the 1999 Nigerian Constitution! *The Governor claimed that no money was dispensed from the fund to the States and the Federal Government could not account for the missing amount yet! (16) Even as the year is only three days, from the day of this publication, to end, politicians are still try to overheat the polity as if of all of the above have not constituted an OVERLOAD FOR OUR NASCENT DEMOCRACY……THEY ARE SAYING THAT NIGERIAN SOLDIERS CAN ALSO PROTEST! *Do we need to play into the hands of the prophets of doom who crave for Nigeria’s break-up and downfall? Do we need to encourage ANARCHY AND MUTINY? * In spite of all the misgivings of 2014, we strongly believe there is a bright light at the end of the tunnel! *WHEN MEN SHALL SAY THERE IS A CASTING DOWN, WE WILL SAY THAT THERE IS A LIFTING UP! * We strongly support President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan in his valedictory 2014 clarion call for the establishment of A NIGERIAN HALL OF SHAME – where biometric data of all bad citizens, like Armed and Pen Robbers, Corrupt Politicians, Economic and Financial Crime defaulters, etc, would be well-documented and exhibited for posterity, to serve as deterrent against criminal behaviours by the up-coming generation. *The Word of God says: “Seek ye first the kingdom of God and His righteousness and all other things shall be added unto you.” [Matthew.6:33]. *Well said and well done Mr. President, but CHARITY MUST BEGIN AT HOME! If you have not accepted the Lord Jesus Christ as your personal Lord and Saviour, don’t miss this great opportunity as you pray this prayer: Lord Jesus; I confess that I am a sinner who needs to be saved through the grace of the New Testament of your Blood, shed on the Cross at Calvary; I renounce every sin in my life and accept you as my Lord and Saviour. Please forgive me and write my name in the Book of Life. Amen. If you prayed this prayer, you have been admitted into the family of sons and daughters of God, who are born-again. Congratulations. Please look forward to more divine revelation in the next edition of Zion B-BC Newsletter as you share this with friends and remain blessed in the Lord. [For weekly access,to this newsletter, log on to: facebook.com/zionfaithbible.believingchurch or http://www.zfbbc1.blogspot.com, https://www.google.com/+zionfaithbiblebelievingchurch . I am, Yours sincerely,Dr. David B.A. Olufon, Resident Pastor and Editor.08130669886, 08098194390.g-mail- dvdolufon@gmail.com .]

ZION B-BC NEWSLETTER. [ A Publication of the Zion Faith Bible-Believing Church, Kpeyegyi, Abuja Nigeria. ] { VOL. 2. NO 71. 21-12-14.} “…ONLY The Truth, Will Set You Free! (John.8:32). 2014 Christmas Edition. TO COMPARE JESUS CHRIST WITH AN UNRIGHTEOUS MERE MORTAL IS BLASPHEMOUS AND SACRILEGIOUS! Before the recently concluded election primaries of Nigerian political parties, SEVEN Federal Ministers resigned their plum appointments to seek for ‘higher’ senatorial and governorship positions, but only one of them with Mrs. First Lady’s tacit support, got lucky in Rivers State! Unfortunately, the others who have joined the Labour Market are dusting up their credentials for new opportunities. Can one then fail to understand the plight of unmarketable political appointees who are now singing the praise of their Paymaster with the highest pitch in other to be re-appointed in case he got re-elected? One of the crooners, ‘Doyin Okupe, Senior Special Assistant – Public Affairs, sang the wrong refrain during the week when he purred the following lyrics: “Nobody knows the trouble he bears; Nobody knows Goodluck’s sorrows; Nobody knows the trouble Ebele bears; Glory Hallelujah… Sometime Azikiwe’s up, Sometime Jonathan is down; Sometime he’s in the valley of despair; Nobody knows the burden he bears, Nobody knows his terrible pains; Nobody knows how he groans, Glory Hallelujah….!” According to this political jobber, people do not understand the burden, this President is bearing; “He’s bearing the burden of Nigeria as, JESUS CHRIST bore the burden of the World,” he unequivocally quivered! *What a brazen blasphemy; what an outburst from a typical man of the earth, a display of carnal whoredom, a sacrilegious vituperation of a sadistic mind! Which mere mortal could be compared with the Son of God, whose virgin birth through the Holy Ghost remains the greatest mystery that is beyond human comprehension! In a very clear and unambiguous declaration, the Bible says: “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither your ways my ways, declares the LORD. “As the heavens are higher that the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.” [Isaiah. 55:8-9]. *Okupe’s refrain was no doubt the product of an unregenerate mind, seared with hot iron; and this was confirmed in one of the publications in which he confessed that he was not sure of being a ‘born again’ Christian! [John.3:3-8]. *If he were, he would have read the Holy Bible and discovered that God the Father, (the God Head), God the Son, (Jesus Christ), and God the Holy Spirit, [i e. God The Trinity], created, the heaven, earth, all organic and inorganic elements and Man. [Genesis. 1:1-2:25]. *HE WOULD ALSO HAVE LEARNT THAT GOD THE FATHER AND GOD THE SON, ARE ONE AND THE SAME SPIRIT BEING AND SHOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN COMPARED TO A MERE UNRIGHTEOUS MORTAL LIKE GOODLUCK JONATHAN WHO TOLD THE WHOLE WORLD THAT HE WOULD NOT CONTEST THE 2015 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, BUT HAS SURREPTITIOUSLY EMERGED AS THE CONCENSUS AND SOLE CANDIDATE OF HIS VEXATIOUS PARTY THAT SWIMS IN CORRUPTION WITH IMPUNITY! [John.5:17-24; 14:6-20]. *The Lord Jesus Christ never told a LIE, He was sinless, pure, holy, righteous, honourable, incorruptible, perfect, distinguished, very outstanding and impeccable! *The first verse of the Bible introduced GOD as the creator of the heaven and the earth and not with philosophic contentions over His existence! From Genesis, the Bible bears witness to the Self-sufficient God, who speaks and acts in consistency with Himself and with the total revelation concerning Him in the entire 66 Books, written by some 44 writers within a period of 2000years! *The story of humanity in relation to God is the continuous story of the Bible and its central theme is Jesus Christ who is manifested as God in the flesh! “Great is the mystery of godliness, God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of Angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world and received up unto glory.” [1Timothy.3:16]. *His sacrificial death and His resurrection constitute the gospel of salvation which is the ultimate expression of God’s unflinching love for mankind! “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.”[John.3:16]. * Jesus Christ, Son of God, Son of Man, Son of Abraham, Son of David, thus binds the many books into one Book and the topmost priority of His mission to the world was to reconcile the rebellious Man back to his Creator at the very great price of His precious blood shed at Calvary, over 2000 years ago! *Did you know that the whole family in heaven and on earth is named after God and that the word, ‘family’, applies to all free moral off-spring of God – whether by direct creation, begetting, or adoption – past, present and future. [Read, Ephesians.3:14-21]. *THEREFORE, GOD IS THE DIVINE INSTITUTION WHOM ALL OF MANKIND MUST WORSHIP, REVERE, FEAR AND RELIGIOUSLY OBEY HIS HOLY LAWS, STATUTES, COMMANDMENTS AND PRECEPTS WITH DILLIGENT ALERTNESS OF BODY, SOUL AND SPIRIT, BECAUSE HIS SPIRITUAL IDENTITY AND EXISTENCE, IS REAL AND HAS NEVER BEEN IN DOUBT! *The God who made the world and everything in it is the LORD of Heaven and Earth and does not live in temples built by hands. And He is not served by human hands, as if He needed anything, because He Himself gives all men life and breath and everything else. *From one man, He made every nation of men that they should inhabit the earth; and He determined the times set for them and the exact places where they should live. *God did this so that men would seek Him and perhaps reach out for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us. For in Him we live and move and have our being. We are His offspring! *But there are many FAITHS AND PHILOSOPHIES IN THE WORLD: Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Judaism, Jewish Cabalism, Ancient Mystical Order Rosae Crucis (AMORC), Hermetic, Free Masonry, Paganism, Epicureans, Stoics, Rosicrucian Fraternity, Grail Movement, Gnostics; are only but a few. *In spite of all human philosophies and scientific deductions in respect of the wonders of the universe and the supreme, supernatural power behind all the marvels of the Sun, Moon and Stars hanging there in the firmament, people of all Faiths believe in a divine existence which some describe as MYSTERIOUS! *The Christian Holy Bible says: “We all like sheep have gone astray, each of us has turned to his own way; and the LORD has laid on Him, [Jesus Christ], the iniquity of us all. [Isaiah. 53:6]. *CHRISTMAS is celebrated all over the world to commemorate the birth of the Lord Jesus Christ by whom were all things created, that are in heaven and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions or principalities, or powers, all things were created for him and by him! And He is before all things and by Him all things consist. *DECEMBER 25, 2014, IS ANOTHER COMMEMORATION OF THE BIRTH OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST, WHEN ALL OF CREATION SHOULD REJOICE FOR THIS WONDERFUL GIFT OF GOD’S SALVATION TO THE WORLD! “For unto us a child is born, unto us a child is given: and the government shall be upon His shoulder: and His name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father; The Prince of Peace. “Of the increase of His government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon His kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth and even forever. “The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this.” [Isaiah.9:6-7]. *The central theme of the Holy Bible is Jesus Christ whose birth the whole world celebrates annually at Christmas and His death and resurrection at Easter. *As the Seed of the woman, (Genesis. 3:15), Jesus Christ is the ultimate destroyer of Satan and his works. *As the Seed of Abraham, He is the benefactor of the world; [Gen.12:3; compare, 17:19]; *As Seed of David, He is King of Israel, “desire of all nations” (Haggai.2:6-7). *As we celebrate Christmas, let us remember that the Lord Jesus Christ has fulfilled His Ministry on earth and is now in the most exalted position at the right hand of God the Father in heaven. He is Head over all to the CHURCH, which is His Body; while to Israel and all nations of the world, the promise of His return forms the one and only rational expectation that humanity will yet fulfil itself. (Acts of the Apostles. 1:11). *While we wait as members of the body of Christ, we should edify ourselves with the words of the MOST RIGHTEOUS ONE who promised, “I will come again and receive you unto myself, that where I am, there ye may be also,” and to Him whom the Holy Spirit throughout this Church Age bears testimony. [John.14:3; 17:24; Revelation. 1:1-2]. *Doyin Okupe slandered against our Lord Jesus Christ, he used his tongue to defame, abuse, scandalize, belittle and blacken the holy and righteous character and pedigree of our God because of 30 PIECES OF JUDAS’S SILVER and must be ready to face the consequences of his deceitful tongue! [Exodus. 23:1; Psalm. 52:2-5]. *Jesus Christ became the Son of Man that we might become the sons of God. He was born of a peasant woman in an obscure village with neither wealth nor influence, training nor education, yet in infancy he startled the wise men and kings, puzzled doctors and professors of law. During His divine Ministry, He healed multitudes without medicine and without charging fees! He never wrote a book, yet all the libraries of the world could not hold the books that could be written about Him, He never wrote a song, yet He has furnished the theme of more songs than all song writers combined. He never founded a college, yet all the colleges together cannot boast of as many students as He! *Jesus Christ was rich, yet for your sakes, He became poor! Popular opinion turned against Him, He was betrayed and turned over to His enemies and went through the mockery of a trial and nailed to the CROSS between two thieves! * But in spite of all His travails, all the armies that ever marched, all the navies that were ever built, all the parliaments that ever sat, all kings that ever reigned, put together, have not affected the life of Man as powerfully as has this one outstanding and exemplary life worthy of emulation! *Great men have come and gone, but the Lord Jesus Christ lives on! Death could not destroy Him! The grave could not hold Him! * “Behold, the world is gone after Him; “Let us also go; “If thou seek Him, He will be found of thee.” [John 12:19; 11:16; 1 Chronicles.28:9]. *Prophet Isaiah in his prediction of the Second Advent of the Lord Jesus Christ, puts it this way: *O Zion, that bringest good tidings, get thee up into the high mountain; O Jerusalem, that bringest good tidings, lift up thy voice with strength; lift it up, be not afraid; say onto the cities of Judah, BEHOLD YOUR GOD!” [Isaiah. 40: 9-10]. * If we are truly the offspring of GOD, this period of the commemoration of the birth of the Lord Jesus Christ is best to re-appraise our spiritual life and focus more on things above and no longer on mundane things of the earth, so that when Christ who is our life shall appear, then shall we also appear with Him in glory. *We all need to mortify, put to death, whatever belongs to our earthly nature, sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires and greed, which is idolatry because the WRATH OF GOD is set to descend upon all defaulters. We must also rid ourselves of such negative attitudes as anger, rage, malice, slander and filthy language from our lips! *In the past, God overlooked such ignorance, but now HE COMMANDS ALL PEOPLE EVERYWHERE TO REPENT! FOR HE HAS SET A DAY WHEN HE WILL JUDGE THE WORLD WITH JUSTICE BY THE MAN, (JESUS CHRIST), WHOM HE HAS APPOINTED! *HE has given proof of this to all men by RAISING HIM FROM THE DEAD! *JESUS CHRIST IS ALIVE! HE IS ALIVE TO THE GLORY OF GOD THE FATHER! If you have not accepted the Lord Jesus Christ as your personal Lord and Saviour, don’t miss this great opportunity as you pray this prayer: Lord Jesus; I confess that I am a sinner who needs to be saved through the grace of the New Testament of your Blood, shed on the Cross at Calvary; I renounce every sin in my life and accept you as my Lord and Saviour. Please forgive me and write my name in the Book of Life. Amen. If you prayed this prayer, you have been admitted into the family of sons and daughters of God, who are born-again. Congratulations. Please look forward to more divine revelation in the next edition of Zion B-BC Newsletter as you share this with friends and remain blessed in the Lord. [For weekly access,to this newsletter, log on to: facebook.com/zionfaithbible.believingchurch or http://www.zfbbc1.blogspot.com, https://www.google.com/+zionfaithbiblebelievingchurch . I am, Yours sincerely,Dr. David B.A. Olufon, Resident Pastor and Editor.08130669886, 08098194390.g-mail- dvdolufon@gmail.com .]

ZION B-BC NEWSLETTER. [ A Publication of the Zion Faith Bible-Believing Church, Kpeyegyi, Abuja Nigeria. ] { VOL. 2. NO 70. 14-12-14.} “…ONLY The Truth, Will Set You Free! (John.8:32). THE ELECTORATE SHOULD GET WISER IN 2015 – NIGERIANS HAVE BEEN SHORT-CHANGED FOR TOO LONG! A culture that entrenches the rule of law, punishes impunity at all levelsofgovernance, embraces integrity and addresses potential causes of unethical behaviour in the society, is perhaps the best culture of ensuring sanity and peace in the business of politics! *The unfolding insecurity and theatres of war in most developing countries of the world, point in one direction that those who aspired to govern have woefully failed to keep covenant with the people in all areas of political economic and social contracts! *On their upward flight of aspiration into the political saddles of office, blueprints of manifestoes and ideologies are defended with passion to convince the electorate with a view of capturing their votes. Every democracy promises a State based on the principles of fundamental human rights and social justice. They always say that sovereignty belongs to the people (not GOD), from whom government derives all its powers and authority and that the SECURITY AND WELFARE of the people shall be the primary purpose of government! *But in spite of the massive advancement of information and technology of the 21st Century, almost all developing nations of the world have become under-developed and are in bondage of insecurity, poverty, diseases, malnutrition, hunger, strife and WAR which is ravaging the Middle East, North Africa, the entire African Continent, the Far East and Latin American countries! *NIGERIA, the most populous black African nation of over 170million citizens, has in 54years of “independence”, become one of the poorest, most under-developed and most corrupt nation of the world in spite of all economic tales of having attained the highest Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in Africa and adjudged the 26 most-economically-viable country of the world! * Most of the Nigerian politicians in government since 1999-2014, do not believe in the BENEVOLENCE of the Almighty and Sovereign GOD and that is why the nation now faces an austere instead of a buoyant economic atmosphere! “When Ngozi Iwealla championed the GDP propaganda, we told Nigerians that she was only justifying her pay packets and the truth is now open to the illiterate villagers through Divine intervention! *The truth is that Nigeria is a PRODIGAL nation which counts and devours its chickens, before they were hatched! *The unfolding acts of financial recklessness in the payment of salaries and allowances to political appointees, the award of contracts and the flagrant abuse of the appropriation of the FISCAL processes according to constitutional provisions as opposed to what obtains at the weekly Federal Executive Council (FEC) meetings, where BILLIONS OF NAIRA WORTH OF CONTRACTS WERE REGULARLY AWARDED BY THE PRESIDENT AND HIS CABINET, in spite of all hues and cries against the illegality are issues in contention! *Oil Blocks were awarded to the accomplices of those in government since 1999 to date and in spite of Nigeria’s state of poverty, SOME NIGERIANS ARE RICHER THAN NIGERIA! *ORANSANYE COMMITTEE REPORT on how to curb and eliminate WASTAGES IN GOVERNMENT had long been discarded into the WASTE BIN because it violated the principles of the WASTERS IN THE NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT! *In the year 2014, the Federal Government of Nigeria in a bid to COVER-UP its prodigality declared that the country’s economy was on TRACK, but in this same year GOD brought down the MONO-PRODUCT CRUDE OIL ECONOMY ON ITS KNEES through the GLOBAL CRASH IN OIL PRICES that turned the GDP CLAIM INTO A PACK OF BLATANT LIES! *We watched on television how the Finance Minister tried unconvincingly, in spite of her academic laurels, to prove that Nigeria’s economy would remain stable if the OIL PRICE DROPPED TO $25 US dollars per barrel! *HOW DOES SHE PLAN TO ACHIEVE SUCH STABILITY? (1). She plans to suggest retrenchment of workers; but the LABOUR FORCE is already aware of that move and are ready to resist. (2). She plans to intimidate Mr. President to totally remove “SUBSIDY” FROM ALL PETROLEUM PRODUCTS, even though global markets forces should have brought the present pump price of N.97.00 Naira of PETROL, down to between N40.00 and N35.00! (3). Ngozi plans to continue to pay the jumbo salaries and allowances of the Federal Cabinet, Ministries Departments and Agencies, [MDAs], from whatever was left of the illegal “EXCESS CRUDE ACCOUNT,” which has been depleted through the insistence of “powerful” State Governors, who never bothered to boost their INTERNALLY GENERATED REVENUES (IGRs)! (4). She also says that government would increase tax payments and enforce the tax compliant attitude of the RICH AND WEALTHY CITIZEN, who are the worst tax evaders in all developing nations, to cushion the effect of the austere period for as long as it would last! *The Naira is already devalued from N155 to N168,as against one American dollar, not by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), as they want you to believe, but by the International Monetary Fund, (IMF), a subsidiary of the World Bank, which God used to debunk Ngozi’s theory of Nigeria’s buoyant GDP and a “stable” Nigerian economy! *The effects of devaluation is already biting the same poor masses from whom all the labour that produces the nation’s wealth are procured as they now pay more for goods and services without any increase in their incomes! *Nigerians need to have a better understanding of the attitude of the present ruling political class which runs counter to the purposive plans of God, who says to His children: “For I know the thoughts that I think toward you…. thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.”[Jeremiah.29:11]. *The 2015 Budget Estimate of N4.74trillion, which is part of Federal Government’s Medium Term Expenditure Framework and Fiscal Strategy Paper [MTEF & FSP], covering 2014, 2015 and 2016 fiscal periods, has not seen the light of the day as at 14 December, 2014, because all of the micro-economic frameworks that would have indicated, fiscal targets, estimates, revenues and expenditure including government’s financial obligations, even in the medium term, have fallen like a pack of cards on a sinking sand! *We are in this predicament because some of the present custodians of Nigeria’s COMMON WEALTH since 1999, swore to an oath to outwit the MILITARY, (who robbed the nation with the barrels of guns, for about 30 years), in the embezzlement agenda with brazen IMPUNITY and have, this time around, have adopted the CAPITALIST STRATEGY, which allows for unbridled accumulation of wealth, instead of a SOCIALIST approach, which would have developed the nascent democratic experiment in favour of the masses! *COMMUNIST/SOCIALIST CHINA is today regarded as the largest global economy outside of the United States of America, because this most populous world nation DOES NOT CONDONE IMPUNITY IN ANY FORM! On Wednesday 10 December, 2014, a Chinese judge jailed for life, the ministerial-level former deputy Head of the National Development and Reform COMMISSION (NDRC), over a bribery scandal that exposed graft at its highest levels of China’s Government! *LIU TIENAN (60), who was charged with his son, Liu Decheng, for obtaining bribes to the tune of 35.6million Yuan($5.74million US dollars), from various companies, was the first ministerial-level official to face an investigation after XI JIMPING, became Communist Party Head in late 2012, when he launched a most aggressive anti-graft campaign China had seen in decades! * Xi Jimping described corrupt officials and their cronies in government as high-ranking “tigers” and low-ranking “flies”, in a pervasive problem, which he said could threaten the Chinese Communist Party Rule. * Most political analysts believe that Xi’s campaign against corruption was geared towards removing his opponents while others said it was necessary to weed out all impediments standing in the way of his implementation of Economic Reforms! *In our editorial opinion, we believe that the fight against corruption with impunity must be fought and won by the determined Head and Management Team of any serious administration which vows to protect the overall interests of the poor masses! * The lesson to be learnt here is that the accused official did not waste the time of the court because he pleaded guilty to extensive bribery involvement, broke down in tears of a very painful state of remorse and said, “Every inquiry and every word has, in fact been like a whip beating my soul!” *We need GOD to raise Leaders like XI JIMPING in this nation to come with CLEAN HANDS UNTO EQUITY in 2015 and clear out all the LIU TIENANS of the AUGEAN STABLES OF NIGERIA INTO THE PRISONS FOR LIFE! *While CHINA is still busy, launching series of probes into the ENERGY SECTOR that has brought down senior officials in the NATIONAL ENERGY ADMINISTRATION AND THE STATE-OWNED, CHINA NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION, the Nigerian ruling class is busy gathering together PARTY EX-CONVICTS, and all who are on trial for various offences ranging from bribery, corruption, embezzlement of government funds, money launderers, to crude oil and petroleum subsidy thieves, including “ex-militants” who are still threatening the unity of this nation and an ex- minister whose 42-count criminal charges of stealing was reduced to TWO, to continue the looting in 2015; but this plot would not materialize in Jesus Christ’s name! Amen. *Nigeria’s crude oil corruption has become a jig-saw puzzle that baffles all right – thinking citizens because the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission [EFCC] and the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Matters Commission, [ICPC], which should at least regularly investigate the industry, were deliberately and financially muzzled by government and turned into TOOTHLESS BULLDOGS! * The incumbent Minister of Petroleum Resources, Dizeani Allison Madueke, was alleged to have spent N20billion naira within a three-year period to charter aircraft for “official duties”, but has refused summons by the House of Representatives, to confirm or deny but has instead gone to court to stop the House from probing the allegations! *There is also a pending probe set up by the Finance Minister to unravel the missing $20billion US dollars crude oil sales which was allegedly unremitted into the Federation Account by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, [NNPC], between March-June, 2014 and no government official has been sanctioned! *All of the above FACTS are published for the ELECTORATE’S assessment of a government that wants to continue in office at all cost… these FACTS are indisputable and incontestable! Your vote is your power to send other “criminals”, hiding under the leaking umbrella out of government into the prisons where they actually belong! *THE IMPENDING JUDGEMENT IS BEYOND Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) 15-year –old government influence or PDP JUDGES VERDICTS: this JUDGMENT is that of the Almighty and Sovereign GOD who cannot be bribed, intimidated or harassed by HOODED security and secret agents of this wicked administration! *There was a Biblical JEHU, ( 11 King of Israel, 2Kings.9:1-10:36), whom God anointed to destroy all the corruption and idolatry in ISRAEL during a time of apostasy that had over the years characterized the nation which then became odious and abominable before God and among the comity of nations – just like Nigeria! *This is the biblical account of JEHU’S mission as God’s reformer to the land of Israel: “Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I have anointed thee King over the people of the LORD, even over Israel. “And thou shalt smite the house of A’hab thy master, that I may avenge the blood of my servants the prophets, and the blood of all the servants of the LORD at the hand of Jez’e-bel. “For the house of A’hab shall perish: and I will cut off from Ahab him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel. “And I will make the house of A’hab like the house of Jer-o-bo’am the son of Nebat and like the house of Ba’a-sha the son of A-hi’jah. “And the dogs shall eat Jez’e-bel in the portion of Jez’re-el, and there shall be none to bury her.”[2Kings.9: 6b -10]. *The GOD whom these corrupt Nigerian politicians despise is THE ONE WHO SENT JEHU TO CLEANSE ISRAEL AT THE APPOINTED TIME! *He is set to send another JEHU – this time around to NIGERIA! He that has an ear, let him hear what the SPIRIT IS TELLING THE CHURCH! Amen. If you have not accepted the Lord Jesus Christ as your personal Lord and Saviour, don’t miss this great opportunity as you pray this prayer: Lord Jesus; I confess that I am a sinner who needs to be saved through the grace of the New Testament of your Blood, shed on the Cross at Calvary; I renounce every sin in my life and accept you as my Lord and Saviour. Please forgive me and write my name in the Book of Life. Amen. If you prayed this prayer, you have been admitted into the family of sons and daughters of God, who are born-again. Congratulations. Please look forward to more divine revelation in the next edition of Zion B-BC Newsletter as you share this with friends and remain blessed in the Lord. [For weekly access,to this newsletter, log on to: facebook.com/zionfaithbible.believingchurch or http://www.zfbbc1.blogspot.com, https://www.google.com/+zionfaithbiblebelievingchurch . I am, Your sincerely,Dr. David B.A. Olufon, Resident Pastor and Editor.08130669886, 08098194390.g-mail- dvdolufon@gmail.com .]

ZION B-BC NEWSLETTER. [ A Publication of the Zion Faith Bible-Believing Church, Kpeyegyi, Abuja Nigeria. ] { VOL. 2. NO 69. 07-12-14.} “…ONLY The Truth, Will Set You Free! (John.8:32). THOSE 50 FEMALE SUICIDE BOMBERS ON THE LOOSE MUST BE ARRESTED! A female Boko Haram suicide-bomber, arrested during the week, revealed that 50 members of her group have been commissioned to kill at least 100.000 people in Nigeria before December 31, 2014 ! The first female suicide bomber introduced into the war was a woman, who last year, rode a motor bike to a military check point in Bornu State and detonated the Improvised Explosive Device [IED], laced beneath her Hijab on interrogation by a lone soldier with whom she died! About three months ago, girls suicide bombers were introduced into the Kano metropolis and the nation was gripped with the fear of a possibility of insurgents deploying our Chibok Girls on such missions! God forbid! It is very urgent that all our security apparatuses be harnessed to fish out these new set of female bombers, before Nigeria is turned into a tinder box! The Prophets and patriotic Nigerians cried to the LORD in prayers when the first Boko Haram bomb was detonated in Maiduguri in 2010, but divine intervention seemed unnoticeable, even in December 2014, because activities of the OCCULT AND VODOO LEADERSHIP that permeate the spiritual space of the nation are creating obstructions to answered prayers! The WORD says, “What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? God forbid.[Romans.6:1-2a]. Of course, our prayers were answered at the very first attempts, but it takes HONOUR AND INTEGRITY TO GAIN GOD’S CONFIDENCE, FAVOUR AND GRACE. At the demise of President Umaru Musa Yar Ardua, the joint-ticket succession constitutionally fell on his vice, an unpopular choice among the Northern elites who vehemently opposed Southern candidacy! Though the Nigerian Constitution allows for two-term tenure for presidents and governors, it did not stipulate two consecutive terms. The Northern caucus within the ruling party demanded that their candidate should be installed president in 2011, or make Nigeria ungovernable on the contrary and political analysts believed that if President Jonathan had been tactful in handling the very explosive situation on coming to power, Boko Haram could have been nipped in the bud. *First, he was expected to have pacified all oppositions and convince them of his good intentions to spend just the remaining FOUR YEARS OF THE JOINT TICKET WITH PRESIDENT YAR ARDUA. *Second, he should have taken those open threats very seriously and sought measures to ameliorate the issues involved especially that of the Party’s standing agreement on rotational presidency between the two divides, North and South! *Third, he could have foreseen the religious dimension to the entire issue and which has always been the most dangerous of them all! *The late Maitatsine, a very controversial Muslim cleric, left behind a small cell of adherents, which eventually metamorphosed into what is now Boko Haram. This cell made its debut when President Jonathan emerged to complete the later part of the 2007-2011 joint ticket! *Maitatsine and the new small cell headed by Mohammed Yusuf, had no political motives, but could be ready tools in the hands of wicked and greedy politicians which was exactly the outcome of the union between this strange religious cell and Jonathan’s sworn opponents! *The “die was cast”, when Mohammed was captured on a secret camera, being brutally murdered in an extra-judicial killing by security operatives and his disciples vowed to avenge the death of their leader in every possible manner- especially when the culprits were not punished for the dastard crime. * Northern Opposition to Jonathan’s FRESH TERM BID in 2011 swung into action, provided all necessary logistics support of military weapons, arms ammunition, vehicles and funds for this once very bitter local militia and have succeeded in turning them into the FRANKENSTEIN MONSTERS! *Although Jonathan, backed by money-mongers, political jobbers and charlatans, “won” the election, and was “clever” to promise that he would spend just FOUR YEARS and disappear in 2015, he still remained very unpopular among the Northern Opposition and the Boko Haram, who escalated their killings and bombings since his investiture till date! *Why should Jonathan “add insult to injury”, by reneging on his promise to serve for FOUR YEARS [2011-2015], in spite of his famous declaration: “MY AMBITION TO BECOME PRESIDENT IS NOT WORTH THE BLOOD OF ANY NIGERIAN.” Rivers of blood are still flowing, refugees are increasing by the day, but the LEADERS/POLITICIANS are poised to move into 2015 with their selfish business of making money and more blood money, as usual! All political constituencies and districts across the nation, are flooded with, PYRAMIDS OF BAGS OF RICE, ASSORTED FOOD ITEMS, MOTOR CYCLES, SEWING AND GRINDING MACHINES, MOTOR CARS, FISHING NETS AND BOATS ETC, INCLUDING CASH GIFTS, as BRIBES TO GREASE THE PALMS OF THE ELECTORATE FOR THEIR VOTES IN 2015! In fact, the Peoples’ Democratic Party, [PDP], Government had just appropriated a whooping sum of N9.4billion to purchase COOKING STOVES FOR RURAL WOMEN, who have no access to KEROSINE at N50 per litre! *Nigerian politicians now talk less about the insurgency, the refugees, the Chibok Girls, the thousands of bereaved families, the pains, agonies and trauma forced upon the psyche of the entire Nigerian populace. They are busy spending the accumulated funds from a SQUANDERMANIA NIGERIAN PRESIDENTIAL SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT, which allows politicians become instant millionaires, within few months of election through JUMBO PAY PACKETS AND ALLOWANCES! *Which Nigerian has not been affected or afflicted by the Boko Haram atrocities, except these politicians with the hearts of stone? Which family has not lost their loved ones to Boko Haram shootings, killings, bombings and arsons, in the past five years? *We are conversant with their guerrilla warfare tactics of the terrorist to strike at will wherever they chose with their three known CELLS, with reckless abandon. *At times, they don Nigerian Army uniforms to deceive and destroy sensitive and critical government infrastructures to the consternation of military experts who mope helplessly and unable to repel their onslaught. *The Emir of Kano has urged Nigerians to defend themselves in all constitutional manner possible, shortly after the recent Kano Mosque bombing of 28 November, 2014, in which over 200 lives were lost, but we read frustration into this statement of a man totally bereft of any other meaningful solution to the entire grieving events. Much as we love to agree that people should not be left unprotected, self-protection by citizens will only invite ANACHY! But we know of a VERY SIMPLE SOLUTION that would stem the bloodshed of Nigerians which is still flowing like that of ABEL! *President Jonathan should keep his promise made to Nigerians in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on January 31, 2011, as follows: “I WOULD HAVE LOVED THAT NIGERIANS IN THE DIASPORA VOTE THIS YEAR. BUT TO BE FRANK WITH YOU, THAT IS GOING TO BE DIFFICULT NOW…..NIGERIANS IN THE DIASPORA WILL NOT VOTE, BUT I WILL WORK TOWARDS IT BY 2015, EVEN THOUGH, I WILL NOT BE RUNNING FOR ELECTION.” *What President Jonathan needed do now if he loves Nigerians as he has always declared, is to WITHDRAW FROM THE RACE NOW AND GIVE ROOM FOR A NORTHERN CANDIDATE! *That should not be a difficult decision to make for our patriotic president who also must be tired of these rivers of blood which have been flowing without ceasing since his advent at the Federal level! *SECONDLY, THE SECURITY MEN WHO MURDERED LATE BOKO HARAM LEADER, MOHAMMED YUSUF, MUST BE SPEEDILY BROUGHT TO JUSTICE! It is an open secret that the trial of the security men was very reluctant and late in coming and since their arraignment, it has been one adjournment too many! *THIRDLY, PATRIOTIC NIGERIANS MUST COME TOGETHER EN-MASS IN 2015 TO VOTE OUT THESE VODOO BLOOD-SUCKER POLITICAL LEADERS WHO FORGET THAT THE GOD’S JUDGEMENT IS CLOSER TO THEM THAN THEY COULD EVER IMAGINE! * Retired General Yakubu Gowon, has lent his voice to boost the dwindling morale of our soldiers by urging them to retrieve their hard-earned global honour by reversing lapses into victories, negative opinions into positives and improve on their record of professionalism and competency, at the 2014 Chief of Staff Annual Conference, at Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria, held on 2 December. *The elder statesman has said well but if Mr. President who is the incumbent Commander-In-Chief can exibit greater courage, honour and integrity by keeping his own freewill Addis Ababa promise of 31 January 2011, definitely peace, calm, serenity and tranquillity, will descend upon Nigeria for a long time to come in Jesus Christ’s name. *Juvenal, a Roman Poet and Satire, says: “Count it the greatest sin to prefer mere existence to honour, and for the sake of life to lose the reasons for living”. *A WORD SHOULD BE ENOUGH FOR THE WISE AND THE HONOURABLE! Australian Hostage Negotiator, Stephen Davis , was contracted by the Nigerian Federal Government, as its principal spokesperson to broker peace and cease fire with the Boko Haram terrorists in June 2014, has not succeeded but his principal can succeed as an indigene who understands the insurgents and their demands better than the expatriate and save millions dollars of contract payments for the nation! If you have not accepted the Lord Jesus Christ as your personal Lord and Saviour, don’t miss this great opportunity as you pray this prayer: Lord Jesus; I confess that I am a sinner who needs to be saved through the grace of the New Testament of your Blood, shed on the Cross at Calvary; I renounce every sin in my life and accept you as my Lord and Saviour. Please forgive me and write my name in the Book of Life. Amen. If you prayed this prayer, you have been admitted into the family of sons and daughters of God, who are born-again. Congratulations. Please look forward to more divine revelation in the next edition of Zion B-BC Newsletter as you share this with friends and remain blessed in the Lord. [For weekly access,to this newsletter, log on to: facebook.com/zionfaithbible.believingchurch or http://www.zfbbc1.blogspot.com, https://www.google.com/+zionfaithbiblebelievingchurch . I am, Yours sincerely,Dr. David B.A. Olufon, Resident Pastor and Editor.08130669886, 08098194390.g-mail- dvdolufon@gmail.com .]

ZION B-BC NEWSLETTER. [ A Publication of the Zion Faith Bible-Believing Church, Kpeyegyi, Abuja Nigeria. ] { VOL. 2. NO 68. 30-11-14.} “…ONLY The Truth, Will Set You Free! (John.8:32). NGOZI IWEALLA’S ERMINE COAT MUST REMAIN PURE AND SPOTLESS! “Be not deceived; evil communications corrupt good manners. Awake to righteousness and sin not, for some have not the knowledge of God…” [1Corinthians.15:33-34]. The WORD also says, “Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death or of obedience unto righteousness?”[Romans. 6:16]. * Ngozi is one personality that we of this editorial board had watched very closely and with keen interest since she dabbled into accepting political appointment in 2003, because of her impeccable family and intellectual pedigree. Prior to her ministerial job as Minister of Finance, Ngozi who we perceive, dons a spotless ERMINE FUR COAT, was Vice President and Corporate Secretary of the World Bank Group, but left that plum job as a die-hard patriot, but her patriotic zeal is now being soiled in her second appointment since 2011! *THE ERMINE, a little animal which roams the forest of Asia, is inordinately proud of his beautiful snowy coat and not lose it to poachers – even at the point of death. The Ermine’s fur is the most beautiful to be found in all the markets of the world and is worn as Judges Robes, and also, society and distinguished leaders. *To acquire this most cherished and quality fur, the poachers always played dirty with the proud little animal by SMEARING the entrance of its hole in the trunk of trees or in the rocks, with very dirty mud and bad smelling mixtures and then pursue the poor animal towards its hole where it would with sharp instinct turn back and face death instead of smearing its lovely snowy fur coat! *Signs and lying wonders have taken over the centre stage of Nigeria’s economic landscape since global crude oil price plummeted downwards! *On the 20 of October, 2014, at a Ministerial Platform following the Media’s first exposure that Nigeria was broke because of its dwindling revenue from the only mono-product, the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister for the economy Ngozi Iwealla, affirmed that Nigeria’s economy was growing positively in spite of the reduction of the oil price in the international market! In the last three months, (September-November), oil price crashed from $100 US Dollars to about $73.5, per barrel and there is global glut which has forced Saudi Arabia – a leading oil producer -to desperately search for buyers because of declining revenue from crude oil precipitated through organized campaigns against gas emissions, atmospheric pollution and market saturation! Many advanced nations are shifting from crude oil to embrace alternative renewable and sustainable energy sources! *The Minister swallowed her pride on the 25 November, 2014 and consequently announced that Nigeria was actually broke and that stringent monetary measures would be embarked on to save the economy. *Shortly after, Central Bank of Nigeria’s Committee on Devaluation and Raising of Key Rates, devalued the Naira currency to an all-time low against the Dollar at N155 -N168. The policy decisions, the Committee said, were meant to save the economy from a precarious situation of a sliding naira and excess banking sector liquidity. The Committee also said that several factors contributed to the pressure on the Naira – the most important of which was, “the declining revenue from crude oil,” adding, “our source of revenue in this country’s just oil and when oil price declined by about 25per cent in the last one month, we expected there would be pressure on the foreign reserves…… bank loans move away from the productive sectors of the economy to importers of consumable goods which is counter- productive to the economy.” *The Committee then advised Nigerians to patronize locally-made goods and services because importation of foreign consumable goods put pressure on the Naira.” *Why should Nigeria, blessed with the MONEY-SPINNING NATURAL CRUDE OIL IN 46 YEARS SUDDENLY BECOME BROKE, considering the fact that this product has been its major mono-product economic foreign exchange earner? *Several factors have to be analyzed to establish the prevailing or remote reasons that could precipitate such a calamity because crude oil earnings should boost living conditions of the citizens and not ruin their lives! *The starting point should be for leaders to divinely submit to the Holy Spirit who would generate the LOVE AND FEAR OF GOD, in their hearts and also guide them with wisdom for righteous governance! *Second, appointments of effective Social, Security and Economic Management Teams to run ministries, departments and agencies; must be divinely handled and, *Third, leaders should establish a faithful, truthful and determined political will to fulfil the SOCIAL CONTRACT with citizens. *But it is most unfortunate that Nigeria’s score in all of the above is a very BIG ZERO because LYING LIPS hold sway in the country! *Do you know that America - Nigeria’s biggest crude oil customer - stopped purchasing our crude since 2013 because of government’s reckless assault on the common wealth and the deliberate neglect of the poor masses and massive acts of corruption with impunity as re-echoed this week by former President Olusegun Obasanjo – an authority on this subject, which escalated during his twin-tenure – 1999-2007? *Do you know that President Barak Obama avoided visiting Nigeria because of the politicians’ competitive and ravenous raid on the nation’s coffers coupled with the disdain for the RULE OF LAW by those in positions of authority? *Do you know that they, (United States), deliberately refused to support Nigeria in the fight against Boko Haram terrorists for all of the above reasons? *In view of this dilemma, Nigerians will now be forced to face the under-listed multiplier effects of economic challenges on the larger majority? (1)First, these citizens of 170million people, minus [TWO MILLION ELITIST GANG WHO MONOPOLIZE ALL IMPORTED CONSUMABLE GOODS] – would be forced to re-adjust to another era of AUSTERE LIVING CONDITIONS, worse than what obtains presently! *Would it surprise you that the Finance Minister, was quick to suggest that Nigerians should be ready to “tighten their belts” over the economic lapses of her insensitive government? *Presently, majority of the sprawling masses hardly made ‘two daily meals’ but from Tuesday, November, 25th, 2014, when the Minister reeled out some austerity measures, they may have it worse! *Citizens will pay more for goods and services, more on Personal Income Taxes, Value Added Taxes, Electricity Bills, Petroleum Products, (petrol, kerosene, diesel and lubricating oils etc.), Transportation, Drivers and Vehicle Plates Licences, National passports etc.! The office of the Finance Minister in every government institution is an exalted position, next to that of the President! It is no wonder therefore that Dr. Ngozi Okonjo Iwealla, was dubbed by the media as, the “Prime Minister” of Nigeria! Since fiscal accountability is the barometer that ensures the success of administrations, public or private, it is imperative that the most suitable and qualified candidate is appointed. Ngozi, a globally renowned economist, was first appointed to this post by former President Olusegun Obasanjo on 15 July, 2003, but resigned when re-assigned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on 3 August 2006, under a very shrouded circumstance! During her first tenure, in October 2005, she led a the Nigerian team that struck a deal with the PARIS CLUB – a group of bilateral creditors to pay a portion of Nigeria’s External Debts of $12 billion US Dollars, in return for an $18 Billion debt write off! Prior to this feat, Nigeria paid $1 Billion, annually fo service the debt! *She also introduced the practice of publishing each state’s monthly financial allocation from the Federal Government to ensure transparency and probity in government! There are so many other laudable achievements of this outstanding woman in government. The incumbent President re-appointed her in 2011 to fill the same portfolio and in the last three years has tried unsuccessfully to curb the financial recklessness of Jonathan’s administration which spends not less than 74 per cent of national budgets on recurrent expenditures and a paltry 26 per cent on capital projects that should impact more positively on the masses who are the most important key-players in revenue generation! *But this Amazon, who has a proven track record an impeccable character and an international reputation, has failed the Nigerian masses on her second advent by inventing economic figures to confuse the economic chaos that the country’s revenue scenario represents! An English idiom states: “You can fool some of the people for some of the time but you cannot fool all of the people, all of the time!” And the Word of God states: “Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a reproach to any people!” [Proverbs.14:34]. *In trying to fool Nigerians, at that Ministerial Platform on 20 October, 2014, Ngozi said government depended on a number of streams of incomes, like collection of taxes from companies, individuals and also marketing the crude oil at whatever price, a buyer was willing to pay adding that government was during everything to ensure stability in the economy by budgeting below the existing oil price to build buffers in case of uncertainty! However at the week-end she blamed “very powerful Governors” for the depleting figures of the “illegal” EXCESS CRUDE ACCOUNT, which they insisted must be shared to States, to augment their Internally Generated Revenues (IGRs). She also said that government was still able to pay salaries, because the economy was being diversified and the management of fiscal deficit was being kept as narrow as possible. Other information disclosed was that (1)… in 2013, Nigeria’s debt portfolio when compared to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), ratio was 1.4 per cent and in 2014, 1.03 per cent but was being projected to be 1 per cent in the 2015 Budget; (2) borrowing had been on the decline and external debt stood at N1.46 trillion or 14 per cent of total debt; and (3) …that Nigeria’s debt to GDP, remained one of the lowest in the world because of prudency to debt management! ALL OF THE ABOVE WERE SAID 40 DAYS AGO AND AS TODAY 30 NOVEMBER 2014, IT IS A NEW TALE BECAUSE POWERFUL GOVERNORS NOW CONTROL THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND NIGERIA’S ECONOMY! *They have forced Jonathan into the throats of all Peoples’ Democratic Party [PDP] members, to run for another presidency election in 2015, in exchange for automatic second terms and Senate positions for those retiring! *They also barred serving Senators from their respective States from returning to the red chambers in 2015! *Retiring governors were also demanding that their respective States provide them with very juicy benefits which include exotic mansions in the Federal Capital Territory, at least N300million bulk gratuity, three state-of-the-art Special Utility Vehicles (SUVs), security guards, gardeners and house helps etc. *However Ngozi MUST NOT LOSE HER FOCUS, she is one of the few that God can use to salvage this sinking nation from economic suicide BUT SHE MUST NOT SOIL HER SPOTLESS ERMINE COAT, IF NEED BE, SHE MUST BOW OUT WITH INTEGRITY! Amen. The 2015 General Election is knocking at the door! Presidential election is slated for February 14, 2015! *All of the above is written to keep you updated to form educative opinion and identify credible candidates! The Holy Spirit will guide all decisions. Amen. If you have not accepted the Lord Jesus Christ as your personal Lord and Saviour, don’t miss this great opportunity as you pray this prayer: Lord Jesus; I confess that I am a sinner who needs to be saved through the grace of the New Testament of your Blood, shed on the Cross at Calvary; I renounce every sin in my life and accept you as my Lord and Saviour. Please forgive me and write my name in the Book of Life. Amen. If you prayed this prayer, you have been admitted into the family of sons and daughters of God, who are born-again. Congratulations. Please look forward to more divine revelation in the next edition of Zion B-BC Newsletter as you share this with friends and remain blessed in the Lord. 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